{Random. Life.}

What have we been up to?? Well yesterday was Canadian thanksgiving. We had a dinner on Sunday with D's family so fun and a few surprise visits D's sister's family came too it was so good to see them. {I have no picture's from either day sad oh well} 

and Yesterday we drove two hours to my brothers house and enjoyed the day there. I read a whole novel to the kids "80 days around the world" and they listened the whole time it was awesome THE WHOLE BOOK!!!! So the trip went by fast!

I love thanksgiving maybe even more than Christmas sometimes because there are no expectations, just good food, family fun, games, laughing and visiting and looking around and being thankful for all that we are blessed with....its

a feel of real fall.....

a tinge of crispness in the air 

sweaters, 

the beautiful fall colors,

all the scents of fall even my pumpkin Cinnamon lotion makes me feel all the more fallish! {I love scents that follow seasons thank you bath n body works lol}

I love fall especially the fall we are having we still have green grass which is so rare at this time of year in this country we've had a warm fall. So the leaves and trees had stayed there beautiful fall foliage color for even longer and I love it!! I love how excited my children were to play with there cousins and how awesome they behaved this weekend we were so happy and thought wow maybe they are growing up a bit!! It really was an enjoyable weekend.

Leading up to the weekend I made a batch of these for 6 days in a row to bring to both dinners...

 got some crafting in.....

.....got my hair done roots fixed and feel so much better...

started yoga again 2 ♥ it.

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enjoyed watching my kids play nicely 

I ♥ this picture....

and three of us are getting over the never ending cold well hopefully its leaving....

so it was a pretty good weekend... other than that

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Random Recipe.....

Great recipe from the biggest loser cookbook these are so good though made them this morning and all my kids and D love them so its a keeper!

Blueberry Bran muffins

400 degrees @ 12 min or so

1-1/2 cups unprocessed wheat bran or oat bran
1 C whole wheat flour
2 T ground flaxseed
1-1/4 t baking soda
1 t ground cinnamon
1/8 t salt
3/4 C  milk 

1/3 C honey
1-2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 large egg
2 T olive oil  {I use applesauce}
1 t vanilla extract
1 C fresh blueberries

directions:
In medium bowl, combine bran,flour, flaxseed, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. set aside. In other bowl or blender, combine the milk, honey, banana, egg, olive oil, and vanilla extract until smooth.

Make well in dry ingredients and pour in 1/3 of liquid mixture. using spoon, stir until smooth. add remaining liquid and stir just until combined. add blueberries and stir again but don't over mix.

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fall.♥it.
Can't go without a quote for the day because you know I love quotes...

‎"What I know for sure is that the only way
to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily
tremors. They come with being alive. These experiences are really gifts
that force us to step to the right or left in search of a new center of
gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand."

Have an awesome week....